How are decisions made? Does the king simply say, "Do it," And it gets done? Nothing like that.

如何做出决策呢,是国王一拍脑袋说,"就这么定了",是这样吗,绝对不是

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I think you should never imagine in these real old poleis that got the thing started, that somebody said let's have a polis.

我想你一定难以想象这些城邦,在刚开始建立的时候,是某个人拍脑袋的想法

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